The queen stage of the Volta to Catalonia has been delayed. The wind has wreaked havoc, the organization has not been a choice but also to dispense with the final climb to the Sanctuary of Queralt, where last year Tadej Pogacar won signing a postal victory.
Everything that in 2024 was perfect in Berguedà, with a festive and spectacular day, in 2025 the stage has had no luck. On Friday the Generalitat activated the Ventcat by wind alert and the rise to the Coll de Pradell already fell from the tour and the mileage was cut, which passed from more than 150 to just 118 km.
This Saturday morning, the organization has seen that ascent to Queralt was also impossible, where the goal and podium had to be installed. So the stage was cut for the second time and began to look for a new point to place the goal in the same town of Berga, where the race will come out.
Civil protection advised the practice of outdoor sports because of the strong wind gusts. And finally the decision has been to eliminate all the ports of the day, also the Collada of Sant Isidre and the first of the stage, the coll of the battlela.
The alternative has to be approved by the career referees and also by the participating teams. Without the star port, with its great percentages, and without the end high in Queralt, the stage is totally decaffeinated. To be the decisive day in the fight between Ayuso, new leader for a single second, and Roglic, the stage will not have any mountainous difficulty.
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